Mantra 3

Sukta 85

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा वृत्र इमा आपस्तस्तम्भ विश्वधा यतीः । एवा ते अग्निना यक्ष्मं वैश्वानरेण वारये

IAST Transliteration

yáthā vṛtrá imā́ ā́pas tastámbha viśvádhā yatī́ḥ | evā́ te agnínā yákṣmaṃ vaiśvānaréṇa vāráye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As Vṛtra stayed these Waters, flowing every way, and held them fast; even so with Agni, with Vaiśvānara, I ward from thee the wasting-sickness and repel it.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• वृत्रः: Vṛtra (the obstructor/demon)
• वृत्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्/आपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्तम्भ: stopped, held back
• तस्तम्भ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तम्भ् (धातु)

• विश्वधा: in every way, wholly
• विश्वधा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वधा (avyaya)

• यतीः: the rushing/striving ones (i.e., the flowing waters)
• यतीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यती (प्रातिपदिक; √यत् ‘to strive’ से)

• एव: just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धे) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निना: with Agni (fire)
• अग्निना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मम्: disease, wasting sickness (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• वैश्वानरेण: with Vaiśvānara (Agni as ‘belonging to all men’)
• वैश्वानरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेष)

• वारये: I ward off, keep away
• वारये: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; causative ‘वारयति’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify via anukramaṇī)

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara (as healer/purifier); mythic allusion to Vṛtra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scansion)

Mantra Rasa

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